Bilateral plans for Syria raise hopes for US-Turkish relations
Following meetings between top diplomats from Turkey and the U.S. in Washington last week, there is cautious optimism for a "road map" for the future of Manbij and U.S.-Turkish relations.
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What does the Manbij road map mean?
The recent agreement over Manbij between Turkey and the U.S. is a hopeful development; yet other important issues regarding Ankara's security concerns and peace in Syria still remain
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As the new site of international hegemonic competition, East Asia perfectly reflects the multipolar character of the global system
Transatlantic relations between the U.S. and European Union have turned into one of the most significant crises in history...
The Trump administration's new Iran strategy, as highlighted by Pompeo in his first public speech, will negatively affect the lives of ordinary Iranians rather than the ruling elites
No road map in Trump's White House
Sometimes the biggest challenge for policy makers is not the diagnosis of the problem, but the lack of a proper strategy to fix it; nowadays one of the biggest hurdles in Washington.
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Threats and actions in response to the chemical attack in Douma
U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the Syrian regime for using chemical weapons on civilians in Douma, Eastern Ghouta, and threatened to use military power in response to this deplorable act.
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President Trump has come up with a new kind of diplomacy, of sharing tweets on social media to either shape U.S. foreign policy or fire his top officials whenever he finds it necessary
If the U.S. really wants to withdraw from Syria and stop meddling in Middle Eastern politics, it should start by reconsidering the ideological profiles of major policy makers in Washington
The U.S. should have realised that Turkey was not bluffing about clearing its border from all terrorist elements
As Turkish-U.S relations have been passing through a difficult period, U.S. President Donald Trump announced last week that he fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and nominated CIA Director Mike Pompeo via his Twitter account.
The first thing Pompeo needs to do in office as the new secretary of state is to look for ways to win the U.S. allies', particularly Turkey's, trust back
U.S. President Donald Trump made headlines this week by dismissing and appointing senior members of his administration.
With Pompeo taking charge as the new secretary of state, U.S. foreign policy is likely to be more hawkish, which could generate more chaos around the world
The reappearance of discourse on ‘moderate Islam', possibly with on the U.S. administration's request, cannot be a solution in the fight against extremism
The foreign policymakers of the Trump administration need to clarify how the U.S.-Russian relations will go on
In the Middle East, the Trump administration wants to defeat Daesh in the short run and then focus on containing Tehran's regional hegemony
Following the warm phone call between presidents Trump and Erdoğan, the CIA head's Ankara visit was the first face-to-face start of the new negotiation era between Turkey and the U.S., which heralds the change of power balance approaching the Middle East
Although Trump's phone call to Erdoğan and the CIA head's visit to Ankara are both concrete steps, they are unfortunately inadequate to normalize Turkey-U.S. ties; Trump still has a lot to do
The phone call between presidents Erdoğan and Trump was the warmest development in Turkey-U.S. relations since Obama's cold calls in past years. However, now, Turkish people need to focus on rational interests and diplomacy rather than act based on feelings
